You're Still Not Going to Comfort Me?!

[Main story complete; extra chapters updated according to the rankings] Blurb: Ji Tong never thought he would see Gu Lin again at Anjing University… that bastard. - Half a year ago, during the winter break of his senior year of high school, after he'd secured a recommendation for college, Gu Lin suddenly sent him a voice message on WeChat after a perfectly ordinary conversation: “Ji Tong, what am I to you?” The voice on the other end was soft and low. Ji Tong had no idea what he meant, but answered without a second thought: “The best deskmate, the best friend, the best bro!” There was no reply for a long time. Maybe that wasn't deep or moving enough. Ji Tong thought for a moment. “Remember that essay, ‘A Letter to Ziyu,’ the teacher analyzed in Chinese class a few days ago?” “I'm talking about the kind of lifelong friendship where I'd entrust my wife and children to you before I die, and you could trust me to do the same for you!” Gu Lin: “…” A few seconds later, another voice message came through. Ji Tong tapped it. Gu Lin's voice, cold enough to cut, came through the speaker: “Ji Tong, where's your brain?” Ji Tong: “???” It was the first time Gu Lin had ever spoken harshly to Ji Tong. Furious, Ji Tong hammered at his phone keyboard hard enough to spark: “You're finished, Gu Lin! After school starts, whoever speaks to the other first loses!” A week later, school started. Ji Tong found out from a teacher that Gu Lin had gone abroad. - The person Ji Tong thought he would never see again in his life showed up at An University. Not long after the semester began, Ji Tong came down with a sudden high fever. Gripping his friend's hand, he muttered angrily through delirium. “Where's that bastard Gu Lin?” “How dare he say I have no brain?! Call him! I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!” His friend had no choice but to support the sick young man while dialing the number. Just as Ji Tong was about to lose consciousness, he finally heard the voice from his memories. “Where does it hurt?” the man asked. Ji Tong lifted his head. His face and eyes were red with fever. After a long moment, he said, “Didn't you decide you weren't going to talk to me?” “Gu Lin, you spoke to me first.” “I win.” Though he said he'd won, his hand was clutching the corner of Gu Lin's clothes. Gu Lin lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable, and carefully gathered him into his arms. “That's right.” “You win.” - The two made up, and their circle of mutual friends thanked every deity they could think of and teased them: “A little time apart makes the heart grow fonder.” Ji Tong immediately corrected them: “This is a bond of honor, a brotherly friendship!” Then one day, a friend accidentally walked in on the two of them… kissing. Some very… “brotherly friendship” indeed???!!! [A clueless flirt, a clueless gay, and a clingy little ball of sunshine on the receiving end X a cool guy on the giving end] ----☆--------☆------- Coming soon: ① Next up, a sweet little story: A Guide to Saving the World Without a Hitch (A possessive top who knows you don't love him but insists you have to X a genuine world-saver and love con artist on the receiving end) ② An entertainment-industry ABO sweet treat: I'm Only Pretending to Be Head Over Heels for Him! (A formerly self-controlled, uptight top who becomes a devoted househusband and fusses over his looks every day X a pampered, flamboyant little butterfly on the receiving end) ----☆--------☆------- Blurb for A Guide to Saving the World Without a Hitch: One second before falling into the sea, Qi Yang awakened to the truth. It turned out he was the villain in a counterattack novel whose male lead's story featured every trope under the sun: chasing cars in the rain, kidnapping, explosions, falling off cliffs, and more. In the book, he used ruthless methods to torment the male lead, Xie Zhi. Qi Yang didn't even have time to wonder how evil he could be before the seawater covered his mouth and nose. As he began to suffocate, he heard a ding beside his ear. “System A01 welcomes Host Xie Zhi. Please verify your basic information. Is everything correct?” “…There's a mistake.” “Hmm?” “My name is Qi Yang, not Xie Zhi.” The next second, someone pulled Qi Yang out of the sea. That person was named Xie Zhi. · Qi Yang had no choice but to accept the truth: the System had bound itself to the wrong Host, and there was currently no way to undo it. Qi Yang: “What if you don't bind yourself to the right person?” System: “The small world collapses, the male lead dies, and you die too. Everyone dies.” Qi Yang: “Then can you bind yourself to the right person?” System: “Yes. The System needs to reset, which requires a cooldown period.” Qi Yang: “Then I'll wait for you to finish cooling down.” System: “That won't work. The male lead is always trying to ‘get himself killed.’ You have to make sure he survives, or the small world collapses, the male lead dies, and you die too. Everyone dies.” Qi Yang: “…How am I supposed to make sure of that?” System: “The ‘Heaven's Favor’ halo is on you, so you have to stay by his side.” · Helpless, Qi Yang had no choice but to stick with Xie Zhi to save the world. So when Xie Zhi was kidnapped, Qi Yang ran out of the hospital with a raging fever to save him. When Xie Zhi's car went out of control, Qi Yang rammed it to a stop with his own car. When Xie Zhi's childhood friend, who had yet to “awaken,” drugged him, Qi Yang tested the drug on himself. He held out his hand to the childhood friend and demanded the antidote. The moment he got it, he turned around in full view of everyone and handed it to Xie Zhi. … Every incident made the whole city of Tiancheng realize that the young master of the Qi family was head over heels for Xie Zhi, the illegitimate son. · Only Xie Zhi didn't believe it. Not until one torrential night, when Xie Zhi was driven to White Pool Bay. The sea wind howled, and storm clouds pressed down over the water. At the instant he fell from the cliff, he saw Qi Yang sprinting toward him through the desperate cries of Tiancheng's “chosen sons of heaven,” then leap after him. Xie Zhi still doubted that Qi Yang loved him. But the instant he caught Qi Yang in his arms, he knew: this man belonged to him. He would be his even in death. - Much later, Qi Yang finally waited out the System's cooldown. He couldn't wait to claim credit with Xie Zhi, but something… seemed to be wrong??? Theme: After the cloudy days, a stretch of sunshine will always come to keep you going.